Here’s a little sculpture I made ages ago… It’s a rustly old man, with his arms held up in resignation – “I Give Up” – he is saying to the world.
It pretty much sums up how I feel most days, and the current week has brought it to the forefront of my mind again…
Not only [...]
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I Give Up!!
Posted in Visual art, tagged despair, Digi Box, man, MBox, Protools, sculpture, welding on December 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Finally, some goggles!
Posted in Steampunk, Stuff, tagged gas welding, goggles, steampunk, welding on November 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Look what my friend CCBB has just given me !!! (no steampunk aficionado should be without some, apparently!)
Rather than a niche fashion accessory however, these are Gas Welding Goggles, of a Shade 5 strength. As such they may not offer enough protection for my general arc welding (I think around Shade 8 or so are recommended [...]
Shed Night logo
Posted in Steampunk, Stuff, tagged bat symbol, brand, Clivey's Shed, logo, shed, steampunk, welding on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After the success of Inaugural Shed night, some friends and I are working on booking some more dates into the diary (particularly now GG has bought a shiny new MIG welder we all want to have a go on!). . .
We decided we ought to ‘brand’ the event in some way, so that emails / [...]
Steampunky front door
Posted in Steampunk, Stuff, tagged brass, copper, door, front door, lantern, Lille, steampunk on October 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For what seems like months now, I’ve been repairing/restoring my front door!
As well as being pretty old and tired, it’s also faces directly on to a busy main street so gets lots of wear and tear, traffic soot, general grime etc so tends to get pretty shabby, pretty quickly.
I’m not totally convinced by the colour (to [...]
Copper bowl bird bath
Posted in Visual art, tagged bird bath, copper, copper pipe, garden art, the grove hotel, watford on August 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I had the good fortune to be at The Grove Hotel recently for a friend’s birthday celebrations. Anyone knowing this swanky modern hotel will know that it’s been designed with a large selection of modern art and sculpture as part of its decor – I’ve put a few shots of interesting pieces up on my [...]
Big Saw, Little Saw
Posted in Visual art, tagged garden, garden art, garden ornaments, rust, rusty, saw, saws, sculpture on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a couple of new garden ornaments I’ve just slung together – my usual theme of rusty things stuck on the top of equally rusty poles!
I’ve had these old saws lying around for a while now and had intended to remove the wooden handles, but decided at the last minute I quite liked them left [...]
Handle bargain!
Posted in Visual art, tagged brass, case, handles, steampunk on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Look what I’ve just bought in the sale at my local B+Q DIY Store for 10p – that’s 0.10 of an English pound, people!
Not only were they dirt cheap, but I also thought they would be perfect for my Steampunk Carrying Case project.
I forgot to put anything in there for scale again, but the handles [...]
Work in Progress – The Gate of Confusion!
Posted in Visual art, tagged found items, garden gate, gate, iron, iron work, welding on July 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here are some shots of a piece I’ve been working on for ages now… the name speaks for itself I reckon!
It’s a gate, specifically designed to act as a secondary barrier into my garden. It’s made entirely from found items of metal, welded into a hopefully attractive and unusual pattern. All the bits are scrap/found, [...]
Bizarre lantern find. . .
Posted in Steampunk, Visual art, tagged found items, lamp, lantern, lighting, skip, steampunk on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Look what I dragged out of a local skip yesterday!
I’ve no idea what it is – it looks like a recessed lantern but has a ‘bulb’ of the heat-ray type? Clearly it’s pretty ancient – I considered wiring it to the mains to see if it still works but decided against it on a health [...]
Great bit of ‘copper-based’ advertising!
Posted in Design/Creative, Steampunk, tagged deodorants, steampunk on July 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Has anyone seen the new ‘Sure for Women’ ad currently showing in ads, mags and on bill boards all over the UK at the mo:
With my predilection for all things copper (particularly things made out of coins!) I just thought this was a very clever bit of photography/Photoshopping/advertising. . .
Steampunk Deodorants – whatever next…!?
